From Beginning to End

This weekend has been exciting for INSTE in Hungary.  We had a chance to see both the beginnings and completion of INSTE groups.

Saturday afternoon 5 men from two different churches came to our home to be trained to lead INSTE groups.  Both of these churches were started by former INSTE graduates who went on to evangelize in their villages.  The church in Ibrány has been going for about a year and has been growing steadily.  A few weeks ago they baptized 22 new believers.  They already have one INSTE group going and plan on starting another one this September.

New INSTE group leaders in Ibrány and Gávavencsellő

The other church in the village of Gávavencsellő is newer, but just last weekend baptized 45.  They plan on starting an INSTE group in July with the possibility of another one beginning in September.

Then, today we went to the Élet church here in Debrecen to attend the graduation of 13 INSTE students from Level One.  These dedicated believers have studied for the past two years, and today were able to celebrate the completion of their hard work.

INSTE graduates from Élet Church

We praise God for what He is doing here in Hungary.  We see a real hunger for God with many people being saved and baptized weekly.  We also thank God for the opportunity to help disciple these new believers and raise up pastors and leaders for the new churches that are starting.